Background
MONTALBÁN, Leonardo was born on January 9, 1887 in Chichigalpa. Son of Benito Montalbán and Gertrudis Betanco.
MONTALBÁN, Leonardo was born on January 9, 1887 in Chichigalpa. Son of Benito Montalbán and Gertrudis Betanco.
Educated Institute Nacional de Occidente, León, 1898-1905.
Director of La Patria de Darío, León, 1906-1907, of Pandemonium, San José de Costa Rica, 1913, of El Noticiero, id., 1914, of the Lecturas, id., 1918-1919. Professor of history, geography, and literature in the Liceo de Costa Rica, 1920-1921. Member of the delegation of Costa Rican journalists and representative of the liberal press of Nicaragua to the inauguration of President Obregón of Mexico, 1921.
Director of the Diario de Costa Rica, 1922-1925. Delegate of the Costa Rican press to the Seventh Press Coness of the Mexican States held at érida, Yucatán, 1923. Director of the Diario del Salvador, 1926-1930.
Professor of history in the Colegio “García Flamenco,” San Salvador, 1929. Director of the daily La Nación, Managua, 1932. Of the review El Gráfico, Managua, since 1932.
Secretary of the Advisory Commission of the Ministry of Finance of Nicaragua, 1933.
Member Asociación de Periodistas de Costa Rica, Ateneo de Costa Rica, Society de Geografía e Historia de Costa Rica, Circulo de Altos Estudios (Rosario, Argentina). Member board of director, Academy Nacional de Historia de Nicaragua.